NorthStar 957 User Manual

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957 Operator’s Manual, Rev. B
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your vessel’s intended course line
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avoidance areas
Position data
Latitude/longitude (158 datums) from GPS with one-sec-
ond updates
Phantom Loran-C TDs calculated from GPS
Real-time GPS/DGPS status screens
Loran-C TDs from an external source (two-second update 
rate)
Steer screens
Large, graphical presentation
Cross-track error (traditional and three-dimensional)
Waypoint name, position
Bearing and distance to waypoint
Speed/Course-Over-Ground (SOG and COG) 
Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)
Estimated Time Enroute (ETE)
Automatic magnetic variation
Course correction
Speed of Advance
Waypoint and route
management
Enter waypoints graphically or numerically: as lat/lon, dis-
tance and bearing, or loran TDs
User-entered avoidance waypoints
Displays up to 30 closest waypoints (3D STEER screen)
Store up to 1,000 waypoints and 500 routes
Store 35 waypoints per route
Displays waypoints:
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on the CHART screen 
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on an alphabetical list
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on a local list (in order of distance from your present 
position)